List of Ramsar sites in Pakistan

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The Ramsar Convention on wetland protection was signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971. Pakistan entered into the convention on 23 November 1976.

As of March 2013, there are nineteen Ramsar sites, covering an area of 1,343,807 hectares (3,320,620 acres) in Pakistan.

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The following is a list of sites protected under this treaty:

Site number	Name	District	Province	Description
1,063	Astola (Haft Talar) Island	Gwadar District	Balochistan
819	Chashma Barrage	Mianwali District	Punjab
1,283	Deh Akro-II Desert Wetland Complex	Shaheed Benazirabad District	Sindh
100	Drigh Lake	Qambar Shahdadkot District	Sindh
101	Haleji Lake	Thatta District	Sindh
1,064	Hub Dam	Karachi District, Hub District	Sindh, Balochistan
1,284	Indus Delta		Sindh
1,065	Indus Dolphin Reserve		Sindh
1,066	Jiwani Coastal Wetland		Balochistan
1,067	Jubho Lagoon	Sujawal District	Sindh
99	Kinjhar Lake	Thatta District	Sindh
1,068	Miani Hor	Lasbela District	Balochistan
1,069	Nurri Lagoon	Badin District	Sindh
1,070	Ormara Turtle Beaches	Makran District	Balochistan
1,285	Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary	Badin District	Sindh
98	Tanda Dam	Kohat District	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Migratory birds from Caspian and Siberia stay here in winters
817	Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary	Muzaffargarh District	Punjab
97	Thanedar Wala	Bannu District	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Wetland bird migration route
818	Uchhali Complex	Khushab District	Punjab	Hosts the winter migratory flocks of White-headed duck. Other migratory species here include Greater flamingo, pied harrier, greylag goose and ferruginous duck.

References

^ "Ramsar Sites Information Service -Annotated List of Wetlands of International Importance Pakistan, 19 Ramsar Site(s) covering 1,343,807 ha" (PDF). rsis.ramsar.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

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Country Profile at ramsar.org

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National parks	Ayub Ayubia Broghil Valley Central Karakoram Chinji Chitral Gol Deosai Deva Vatala Fairy Meadows Gumot Hazarganji-Chiltan Hingol Kala Chitta Kamal Ban Khunjerab Kirthar Lal Suhanra Lulusar-Dodipat Machiara Malakandi Margalla Hills Nizampur Panjal Mastan Saiful Muluk Shandur Sheikh Badin Tolipir Manglot
Wildlife sanctuaries	Astore Bajwat Baltistan Chashma Lake Cholistan Chumbi Surla Deh Akro Hub Dam Lehri Nature Park Naltar Nara Desert Rann of Kutch Ras Koh Taunsa Barrage Ziarat Juniper
Wetlands of Pakistan	Astola Island Chashma Barrage Chinna Creek Deh Akro Drigh Lake Rann of Kutch Haleji Lake Hawke's Bay Beach Hingol River Hub Dam Indus River Delta Jiwani Coastal Wetland Jubho Lagoon Keti Bandar Khanpur Dam Keenjhar Lake Miani Hor Ormara Turtle Beaches Rasul Barrage Rawal lake Sandspit Beach Tanda Dam Taunsa Barrage Thanedar Wala Uchhali Complex
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Biosphere reserves	Lal Suhanra Ziarat Juniper Forest

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